1. Complete with annual, tradition, display, sure, receive, change, place, bright, superstitions, competition, experience, raise, parades.

1.  Families gather to watch the fireworks _____________ on New Year’s Eve. 

2.  In my country, it is a strong _____________ to break plates at weddings.  

3.  I always carry a spare ________________ of clothes to the water-fight festival.  

4.  Each year, I enter the _____________ for the best boat team.  

5.  Travelling to new festivals helps you _____________ life in colourful ways.

6.  Make _____________ you knock on wood to avoid bad luck today.  

7.  We bake cookies to _____________ money for charity at the school fair.  

8.  Venice turns into a city of masks and costumes during the _____________ festival. 9. Some people still believe in ________________ about black cats and broken mirrors.  

10.  At Christmas, we often ________________ gifts from our relatives and friends.

11.  Lantern Festival is a Chinese traditional festival that takes _____________ on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

12.  The city organizes street _____________ every year to celebrate its founding day. 13. Maria had a ________________ idea to organize a themed costume party where everyone would dress up as characters from our favorite childhood movies.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct present forms of the verbs in brackets.

1.  Every year in October, people in our town (celebrate) _________________ Halloween with great enthusiasm.

2.  Right now, my sister (make) _________________ special decorations for tomorrow's wedding ceremony.

3.  Since ancient times, many cultures (believe) _________________ that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck.

4.  She (live) ____________________ in this town since she was born.

5.  We (prepare) _________________ for the Christmas festival for three weeks already, and we're almost ready.

6.  On Friday the 13th, he always (avoid) _________________ walking under ladders or crossing paths with black cats.

7.  The festival organizers (work) _________________ on the final arrangements since early morning today.

3. Complete the gaps with past or present participles formed from the verbs in bold.

1.           The fireworks display on New Year's Eve was absolutely (amaze) __________. I had never seen anything like it before.

2.           Sarah felt quite (disappoint) __________ when the music festival was cancelled due to bad weather.

3.           Walking under ladders is considered bad luck, but I find these old superstitions rather (confuse) __________ and hard to believe.

4.           The children were completely (fascinate) __________ by the traditional dragon dance during the Chinese New Year celebration.

5.           Many people find Friday the 13th quite (frighten) __________, though there's no scientific evidence that it brings bad luck.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct relative.

1.           The woman ___________ organized our New Year's party forgot to buy fireworks for the celebration.

2.           Venice is the Italian city ___________ people wear beautiful masks during the famous carnival season.

3.           Christmas Day is the time ___________ families traditionally gather to exchange gifts and share meals.

4.           The bride ___________ wedding dress was passed down from her grandmother, looked stunning on her special day.

5.           Breaking mirrors is a superstition ___________ many people believe brings seven years of bad luck.

5.  Complete the text with: for, of, with, in.

Sarah had always been interested 1) ________ ancient history and folklore, spending countless hours reading about different cultures and their traditions. When she visited Salem last summer, she discovered that the small town was famous 2) ________ its witch trials and mysterious past. The historic district was crowded 3) ________ tourists taking photos and exploring the old buildings, but Sarah was particularly drawn to a small, quiet museum at the end of the street.

The elderly museum curator seemed pleased 4) ________ Sarah's curiosity about the exhibits. He explained that many people throughout history had chosen to believe 5) ________ magic to understand the unexplained events in their lives. Sarah found herself somewhat afraid 6) ________ the dark artifacts and strange symbols displayed in the glass cases, yet she couldn't look away.

The main reason 7) ________ her fascination was a leather-bound journal that supposedly belonged to a woman accused of witchcraft in 1692. After spending three hours examining every detail of the museum, Sarah felt tired 8) ________ all the walking, but her mind was buzzing with new questions about the intersection between historical facts and supernatural beliefs.

6.  Underline the correct item.

1.           The small family business has turned on / into / off / back / down one of the most successful companies in our region.

2.           Please remember to turn on / into / off / back / down all electronic devices and unplug them before leaving for your vacation.

3.           Could you turn on / into / off / back / down the air conditioning, please? The weather forecast predicts temperatures will reach 35 degrees this afternoon.

4.           I always turn on / into / off / back / down the volume on my phone during meetings because I think it's disrespectful to disturb others.

5.           After driving for two hours, we discovered we had forgotten our camping equipment, so we had no choice but to turn on / into / off / back / down home.

7. Rewrite each sentence using the idioms given in the box below. The meaning should stay the same, but you must use the given idiom correctly.

1.           The tickets for the football match are selling extremely fast because the team is very popular.

2.           The grammar exercise was very easy, and I completed it without any problems. 3. You can't expect to eat junk food every day and still be healthy - it's not possible to have both.

4. Getting good grades was fantastic, but receiving a scholarship made the situation even more perfect.

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